Virtual Grain Marketing Advisor (Open to Remote -20 Month Term)

Cargill; Winnipeg; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global agricultural firm is seeking a Virtual Advisor to support its grain marketing portfolio. This role involves developing client relationships, creating business plans, and mentoring team members. Candidates should have at least four years of relevant experience and must be legally entitled to work in Canada. The position is open to remote work and is a 20-month term contract.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years of related work experience.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Develop a plan to establish and maintain account relationships.
• Build a business plan for each account.
• Coordinate the use of resources to provide value-added services.

Skills

Client relationship skills

Business acumen

Problem-solving

Education

Diploma/Certificate or Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuell. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Virtual Advisor will help service our MarketSense grain marketing portfolio of technical and non-technical products, services and solutions directly to current and new customers. In this role, you will handle critical or complex products that require excellent client relationship skills to maintain competitive positioning.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop a plan to establish and maintain account relationships and meet personal targets.
• Build a business plan for each account.
• Coordinate use of resource to provide value added services to accounts.
• Develop strong client relationships that provide significant input to planning product, price and service strategies.
• Support territory leadership and other grain & crop inputs sales professionals in developing new market opportunities in the designated territory or market.
• Coaching and mentoring of the national advisory team.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma/Certificate or Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous advisory work experience within the agricultural industry and a deep understanding of agricultural products and services.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Previous experience presenting and influencing both internal & external stakeholders.

Position Information

• This position is open to a remote work option.
• This position is a 20-Month term contract.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.